Family/Spouse: Sarah Sally STAPLES. Sarah (daughter of Moses STAPLES and Betsy RAFNELLE) was born on 10 Oct 1806 in Swans Island, Hancock, Maine; died on 16 Dec 1865 in Swans Island, Hancock, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1790, Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine
• Tax Role: 1798, Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine
• Census: 1810, Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine
• Census: 1830, Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine

Notes:

Tax Role:
100 acres valued at $1150

Abraham married Prudence SOMES on 18 Mar 1784 in Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine. Prudence (daughter of Abraham SOMES and Hannah HERRICK) was born on 23 Jun 1761 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts; died in 1841 in Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine; was buried in unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Married Name: REED

Other Events:

• DAR#: A094864
• Military Event: American Revolution - MA 5th Lincoln Co, Cat Timothy Langdon, Col Jonathan Buck; Lt, Capt
• Served American Revolution?: Y
• Military Flag: Y

Notes:

Descended from Col Thomas REED of Salem

William married Mercy TUTTLE on 29 Apr 1749 in Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine. Mercy (daughter of James TUTTLE and Abigail POTTER) was born on 7 Jan 1731 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts; died in 1800 in Brooklin, Hancock, Maine; was buried in Naskeag Cemetery, Brooklin, Hancock, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Married Name: REED

Other Events:

• Occupation: Cooper
• DAR#: A107063
• Military Event: American Revolution - 7 Co, 6 Lincoln Co, Reg of MA Mil, 1st Lt
• Served American Revolution?: Y
• Military Flag: Y

Notes:

m2 Joanna BEAL
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Abraham Somes (March 14, 1732-December 17, 1831) was the primary founder of English settlements on the scenic Mount Desert Island, which is now part of Acadia National Park in present-day Maine. In 1761, Somes, a cooper by trade, brought his wife and family from Gloucester, Massachusetts to the island, along with James Richardson and Richardson's family. Somes obtained the land for development on grants from Francis Bernard, the governor of Massachusetts; who, in 1761, still maintained an interest in securing the property for Great Britain.
Somes chose to establish a village at the North end of the fjord which cuts through the center of the island. It would later be named after him as Somes Sound, and it is the only natural fjord on the east coast of the United States. Abraham named his settlement Somesville and it would develop into an important trading location that largely allowed for the rest of the island to be permanently colonized in the years following the American Revolutionary War.
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Abraham was a 1st. Lieutenant during the Revolutionary War, he appears listed with Ezra Young's 7 Co., 6 Lincoln Co., regiment of MA Militia; commissioned July 11, 1776; also with Capt. Daniel Sullivan's Co. of Volunteers from July 28, 1779-September 28, 1779 — "2 months expedition against Major Bagaduce."
Enlisted 11 Jul 1776. Discharged 28 Sep 1779.
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Abraham Somes, wife Hannah (Herrick), and their then four children (daughters Hannah, Patty, Lucy, and Prudence) were the first settlers of European descent on Mount Desert Island. Virginia Somes Sanderson, in her 1982 book The Living Past, quoted from a letter written by Abraham Somes that described his arrival on Mount Desert Island. He said that he "came down immediately after the War was over and peace ratified between Great Britain and the French and Indians—so that I could be safe in moving into the Wilderness; I came to this place which was in the autumn of the year 1761 and made a pitch on this Lot [where] I now live and in June, the year following, I moved my family and settled on the same lot and have occupied the same ever since".
Nearly 30 years later, in 1790, the year of the first decennial census, Abraham Somes's family (then composed of 4 free white males 16 and upwards, 3 free white males under 16, and 2 free white females) was the only Somes family reported for the island. This is not surprising, though, given that Abraham was only 29 years old in 1761, and that his four oldest children were female and would not carry the family name upon marriage.

Abraham married Hannah HERRICK on 29 Dec 1753 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts. Hannah (daughter of Samuel HERRICK and Prudence HASKELL) was born on 6 Oct 1735 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 16 Mar 1790 in Somesville, Mt Desert, Hancock, Maine; was buried in Brookside Cemetery, Mt Desert, Hancock, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Children:
Hannah b 16 September 1754 Gloucester, Massachusetts - m. Samuel Reed
Patty b 24 December 1756 Gloucester, Massachusetts - m. James Flye - d April 1846
Lucy b 4 May 1759 Gloucester, Massachusetts - m. 22 February 1780 Mount Desert Island, Maine Nicholas Thomas
Prudence b 23 June 1761 Gloucester, Massachusetts - m. Abraham Reed
Abraham Jr. b 19 December 1763 - m. Rachel Babson - d 12 July 1845 - bur. Brookside Cemetery Mount Desert, Maine
Mercy b 11 December 1765 - m. Amaziah Dodge - d 12 July 1845
John b 13 December 1767 - m. 27 October 1792 Judith Richardson - d 9 February 1849 - bur. Brookside Cemetery Mount Desert, Maine
Daniel b 5 February 1770 - m. Clarissa Beal - d 24 June 1831 - bur. Brookside Cemetery Mount Desert, Maine
Lois b 25 March 1772 - m. [...] Dodge
James b 26 March 1774 - m. Betsey Gott (dau. of Daniel Gott and [...])
Jacob b 21 January 1777 - d lost at sea
Betsy b 31 January 1779 - m. William W. Thorn
Isaac b 5 February 1781 - m. Sally Kittredge - d 3 February 1846 Fairfield - bur. Brookside Cemetery Mount Desert, Maine

Jonathan married Hannah “Anne” HANSON. Hannah (daughter of Benjamin HANSON and Elizabeth TRASK) was born on 23 Jul 1703 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire; died in 1743 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire; was buried in unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Abigail POTTER on 13 May 1730 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. Abigail (daughter of Nathaniel POTTER and Elizabeth HAWES) was born on 1 Sep 1701 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut; died on 6 Jun 1765 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut; was buried in Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Married Name: TUTTLE

Other Events:

• Also Known As: SOAMES

Abraham married Martha EMERSON on 3 Dec 1730 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts. Martha (daughter of Moses CARLTON and Mary “Polly” WEBSTER, daughter of Robert EMERSON and Abigail BOND) was born on 25 Dec 1715 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 11 Nov 1823 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts; was buried in unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Also Known As: HEARICK
• Will Written: 4 Aug 1764, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts

Notes:

m1 1730 Keziah HASKELL

Samuel married Prudence HASKELL on 7 Aug 1733 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts. Prudence (daughter of Benjamin HASKELL and Elizabeth ALLEN) was born on 8 Aug 1713 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 30 Sep 1774 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts; was buried in Second Parish Cemetery, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Unmarked